Westbrook likely will become Thunder's all-time leading scorer this season

The Oklahoma City Thunder will likely have a new all-time leading scorer at some point during the upcoming season. It’s important to note that their records include Seattle SuperSonics history too.

Russell Westbrook currently is the third-leading scorer in the team’s history with 17,184 points and trails Kevin Durant by only 382 points for second all-time and Gary Payton by 1,023 points for the top spot.

It will not take Westbrook long to surpass Durant on the scoring leaderboard. For reference, it would take only a little over 15 games to become the team’s second all-time leading scorer if he were to average 25 points per game, which he has done in consecutive seasons.

Surpassing Payton for the top spot would take 41 games if Westbrook were to average 25 points per game. Regardless, it’s likely that he will be able to accomplish this feat at some point next season.

The next step for Westbrook in the scoring department would be to become the first player in Thunder history to reach 20,000 career points. Based on his current production, this would happen during the 2019-20 season.

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